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Strap Leaf Red Top, Bulb medium size, flat, white, 

 purplish red above ground. Valuable for bunching and 

 early fall, not very salable when the Ruta-Baga is in 

 market. 



Yellow Aberdeen or Stone, Bulb quite large, thick, 



nearly round, pale yellow ; there are two sub-varieties, 

 known as " Purple Top " and " Green Top " from the 

 color above ground, the former being generally preferred. 



Long White Cowhorn, Bulb large, long, somewhat 

 crooked, whence its name; white, tinged with green, 

 and occasionally pink above ground; very firm in flesh and 

 well-flavored. Very valuable for stock, and decidedly the 

 best white turnip for family use in winter. 



American Ruta-Baga or Russia Turnip, This is 

 the leading market variety. Bulb large, semi-long and 

 thick, smooth, tapering at the root, bright yellow. There 

 are two sub-varieties, distinguished like those of the 

 Aberdeen, and the " Purple Top " is generally preferred. 



CONCLUSION. 



General management, The old adage " What is worth 

 doing at all is worth doing well " applies very forcibly to 

 the business of growing vegetables or seeds, and it is 

 worse than folly for any one to carry on either in a loose 

 and careless manner, and expect to realize any profit there- 

 from. Supposing the soil intended for this purpose and 

 all natural advantages to be of the best, unless fertilizers 

 are applied to the land, commensurate with the crop taken 

 from it, an abundant yield can not be of long duration, 

 and it matters not how well the land has been prepared, 

 by manuring and other means, unless the crop is taken 

 care of after it is sown or planted, all previous labor and 

 expense will have been in vain. To begin either branch 

 of this business, on a large scale, without experience, 

 must result in disappointment and loss, but for those 



